adyStar is the story of seven girls who each wear priceless jewelry that can turn into a powerful magical weapon.

Join Jessica Hoshi as she sets out on a magical and mysterious quest to discover the legend of the LadyStar, the pure defender of the Realm!

Welcome to the world of the Ajan Warriors: A world of danger and mystery, jeweled treasures and fearsome monsters, spine-chilling battles and high adventure!

LadyStar: The Dreamspeaker

The Adventures of Jessica Hoshi

A Free Webnovel

Volume One of the LadyStar Saga

New Chapters of the LadyStar Webnovels are published on Wednesdays and Saturdays

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Jessica Hoshi is just like any other girl. She loves music, playing in the marching band at school and spending time with her friends. One day, Jessica visits the Lakeshore Historical Society to take the Tall Ship Tour.

After she gets separated from the tour group, Jessica discovers a gem-encrusted Lantern and a magically locked jewelry box below decks in the ship’s hold. A voice from inside the Lantern tells Jessica she and her friends are in great danger.

Minutes later, the vessel’s lights flicker to life and the sails fill with an invisible wind. The great ship sails through an astral portal to an unfamiliar land called Aventar.

There, Jessica meets the shadowy arcanist Reina, who tells her she must train at once to become an Ajan Warrior. Unless they succeed, the treasures will be lost, and the last hopes of a betrayed people will fade forever.

These are the Adventures of Jessica Hoshi. Her Magical and Mysterious quest to discover the ancient and magnificent legend of the LadyStar begins as she encounters the powerful message of The Dreamspeaker.

LadyStar: Jessica Hoshi and the Ajan Warriors

A Full-Color Free Webcomic presented by Heavy Cat Studios

An Adaptation of the LadyStar Novels

Begins during the events of The Dreamspeaker

New Pages of the LadyStar Webcomics are published on Mondays and Thursdays

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Through the lenses of a jeweled lantern, Jessica hears the faraway voice of the mystical arcanist Reina, who tells her she must return at once to a land known as Aventar and restore the Ajan Treasures to the betrayed kingdom they were crafted to protect.

But danger awaits. The Cryptic Sai Jarthius and his minions have sworn a dark oath to destroy the Ajan Treasures and extinguish once and for all the legend of peace they represent. Jessica and her friends must train to master their new battle skills and learn the way of the Ajan Warriors before Sai Jarthius and his summoned creatures attack!

Will the new keepers of the Ajan Treasures have enough power to defeat a ruthless master of sorcerous glyphs and deadly illusions?

Find out in the all-new free color webcomic LadyStar: Jessica Hoshi and the Ajan Warriors!

LadyStar: Descent into the Ivyreef Deeps

The Adventures of Jessica Hoshi

A Free Webnovel

Takes place immediately following the Jessica Hoshi and the Ajan Warriors webcomic

New Chapters of the LadyStar Webnovels are published on Wednesdays and Saturdays

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Their first major test has passed, but for Jessica Hoshi and her Ajan Warriors, their apparent victory has raised more questions than it has answered. Their training is complete, but the warriors are still unable to fully understand the power of the treasures they possess. As new enemies gather strength, the Ajan Warriors are also left to chart their own course to become Ajan Champions.

Reina’s instruction did teach them the legends behind their treasures, and the origins of the kingdom that first protected them. Jessica learned that somewhere in Aventar the Ajan Gifts are hidden, and with them lie the secrets to each warrior’s ultimate attack.

Yet a powerful presence now follows them. Is it another evil minion of the Cryptics or is it an ally they can join forces with? Here begins the next adventure in the epic LadyStar saga. Join Jessica Hoshi and the Ajan Warriors as they set out on their quest to become the Ajan Champions in Descent into the Ivyreef Deeps.

LadyStar: Fury of the Venom Legion

A Full-Color Featured Free Webcomic presented by Heavy Cat Studios

Takes place within the same time period as the Jessica Hoshi and the Ajan Warriors webcomic

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The battle has raged for nearly 800 years, triggered by an act of appalling treachery and dividing a betrayed people one against the other. The shadows of the Darkening have plagued the hopes of the survivors ever since. Even now, the Cryptics scour the land, in search of the remnants of a forgotten age of justice, and seeking to extinguish once and for all the last flame of peace.

Each Cryptic is a master of sorcerous and foul energies. The origin of their power is unknown, but whatever feeds their rapacity gives them dominion over sometimes vast armies of lethal minons. Even His Majesty’s finest knights scatter at the first sign of a Cryptic’s presence, leaving none to defend the innocent against legions that leave only destruction and suffering in their wake.

Yet hope remains. The six legendary Ajan Treasures have somehow eluded the grasp of the Cryptic Sai Magnen, who has pursued them to the desolate wastes known as the Chaer Shales. It is here, in the blackened and scorched Isian Badlands that the outcome of eight centuries of conflict may turn. The keepers of the Ajan Treasures must now face their greatest test. Jessica Hoshi and the Ajan Warriors must face the Fury of the Venom Legion.

The History of the LadyStar Project

LadyStar has been in continuous development since 2000, when the characters and story world were first developed as part of a shareware PC adventure game called the “LadyStar zStory™ Adventures.” LadyStar was one of the first “persistent browser-based games” (PBBG) and supported scorekeeping, inventory and puzzles in an original Javascript game engine with the adventure modules written in XML. Over 9,500 zStory™ games were downloaded between 2000 and 2002.

In 2002, as the story world grew, an original script was adapted to a 74-page print manga, LadyStar: The Relic of Battle, and soon thereafter the characters and story were optioned for a 26-episode television series.

In 2005, the first book in the LadyStar story was developed as a Visual Novel in Adobe Flash® format. LadyStar: Reflections in a Dream went on to become the most popular feature on the LadyStar site with over 29,000 volume downloads.

In 2006, the LadyStar story was adapted into four novel manuscripts. Heavy Cat Multimedia launched a new web site called “The Magical and Mysterious World of LadyStar,” and LadyStar: The Dreamspeaker became one of the first, if not the first, complete work of original fiction to be initially published on a blog.

In 2008, Heavy Cat Studios was formed, and a team of six artists began work on the premiere color LadyStar webcomic, Fury of the Venom Legion. The Studio Team completed Part One in August, 2008, after going a perfect 28 weeks without missing a single update.

In the Fall of 2008, LadyStar joined the Palace in the Sky Webcomic Association after Fury of the Venom Legion marked its 250,000th reader.

In 2009, “The Magical and Mysterious World of LadyStar” was expanded to four sites, each hosting its own volume of the LadyStar saga. “The Ajan Champions” is home to the LadyStar webnovels, while Jessica Hoshi and the Ajan Warriors and Fury of the Venom Legion each have their own webcomic sites. The characters also present all the LadyStar news in the “Tree Shores High School Band Room.”

The LadyStar network of web sites now exceeds a combined 15,000 unique visits each month.